This edition: Native Americans

Episode Details

Students examine the origins of Native Americans on the North American continent and discuss the background and their current role in society. Students review a case study of Illinois' Dickson Mounds Museum and the controversy surrounding the exhibition of its burial grounds. The second half of the lesson features a variety of Native American students, professors, and administrators at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.Studio guests: * Pam Alfonzo, Menominee Cultural Center * Antonia Sheehy, California ManPower

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About this series

As the 21st century opens the United States along with nations around the world struggle to deal with a planet that has been become a global village. The challenges are both inter-cultural and intra-cultural. And for nations like the U.S. continued immigration from around the world constantly brings new ethnic/racial cultural challenges to an already diverse society. Dealing with Diversity introduces viewers to people from many diverse populations in an effort to help students understand the different constraints and motivations of people from backgrounds different from their own.